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He sounded like a man who had slept well and didn't owe too much money.

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Raymond Chandler
Age: 70 †
Born: 1888
Born: July 23
Died: 1959
Died: March 26
Novelist
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Screenwriter
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Chicago
Illinois
Raymond Thornton Chandler
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California, the department store state.
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It seemed like a nice neighborhood to have bad habits in.
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She was the music heard faintly on the edge of sound.
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Don't ever write anything you don't like yourself and if you do like it, don't take anyone's advice about changing it. They just don't know.
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I sat down on the edge of a deep soft chair and looked at Mrs Regan. She was worth a stare. She was trouble.
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I knew one thing: as soon as anyone said you didn't need a gun, you'd better take one along that worked.
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I have made three rules of writing for myself that are absolutes: Never take advice. Never show or discuss work in progress. Never answer a critic.
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